Jaipur: The Rajasthan govt has overhauled its commercial LPG distribution policy by linking future cylinder supplies directly to a consumer’s average usage during the current fiscal year.Food and civil supplies officials said that a commercial consumer’s allotment will now be calculated based on their average consumption recorded by oil marketing companies between April 2025 and Feb 2026. Any fuel converted to alternative sources or piped natural gas (PNG) will be deducted from this figure, and the final applicable supply will be restricted to a specific percentage.This regulation follows a Union govt directive increasing commercial LPG allocation from 20% to 50% of average daily consumption, raising the daily supply from 1,800 to 4,500 cylinders.Under the revised allocation rates, educational institutions and hospitals will receive 100% of their quotas. Hotels, restaurants, and dairies will be capped at 60%, while industrial consumers will receive 40%.Non-Domestic Non-Industrial (NDNE) consumers will get 50% of their quota, while migrant workers and food cart operators will be restricted to a maximum of two 5-kg cylinders per entity. There are no new allocations for domestic consumers under this framework.To handle exceptional situations, a district-level committee headed by the district collector will manage any surplus LPG stocks based on local demand.Food and civil supplies secretary Ambrish Kumar said the policy provides clear guidelines aimed at ensuring a transparent and streamlined supply system.This revised framework closely follows a similar move by the Delhi govt, though Delhi is capping supply based on a three-month consumption average rather than an annual one.Rajasthan is also cracking down on LPG distribution fraud by making Delivery Authentication Codes (DACs) mandatory. Food and civil supplies minister Sumit Godara said illegal bookings have plummeted in the last 10 days. “It has been observed at the distributor level that for every nine cylinders booked earlier, there are only four fresh bookings. The system is now accepting bookings and distributing cylinders to genuine consumers only,” Godara said.To streamline energy use, the state has banned consumers from keeping an LPG connection alongside a PNG connection. Moving forward, distributors have been strictly prohibited from accepting new LPG applications for homes or commercial establishments in areas where PNG is already available.
